This Australian computer was actually built and conceived in Hong
Kong by Soundic Electronics. The Zilog Z80A brain was supported
by 18 KB of RAM (expandable to 80 KB) and it had decent graphics
with 16 colors and a 3 channel sound chip. This computer is
extremely rare, with very little known about it. In our collection is a
"Coleco Adapter" cartridge that when plugged in, allows you to plug
in a standard Coleco game cart and play it. There was a disk drive
adapter available as well, and a printer port that is covered. An
interesting unit, if not just for the fact that the support for it seems so
limited.

Pencil II 16K RAM Expander

Release Date:

1/1/1984

This cartridge plugs into the side of the Pencil II and gives you an additional 16K of RAM.

Pencil II Cartridges

Release Date:

1/1/1984

Not that many cartridges were released for the Pencil II. Here we have Treasure Hunter, Big Foot Chase and then the only one that appears to be professionally manufactured which is SD-Basic Version 1.0.

Pencil II Coleco Adapter

Release Date:

1/1/1984

This Coleco Adapter almost seems like a prototype with its label made from a typewriter. If you plug this unit into the side of the Pencil II, and plug a standard Colecovision cartridge into the main unit, it works! A very interesting add-on peripheral, especially for the time.

User Comments

Michael Forester on Monday, December 28, 2015I was looking through some old books and came across a sales brochure on this computer and I did a Google search, hence the reason for finding your site. If you are interested I could scan the brochure for you. My email is: spicedesign@live.com